Dish-drainer.



E. BENSON.

DISH DRAINER.

AHUCATION mas) JULY 21.1916.

Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

the following is a specification.

mun. BENSON, or JAsrER, MINNESOTA.

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMIL BnNsoN, a citizen 0f the United States, residing at Jasper,

in the county of Pipestone and State of Winnesota, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements 1. in Dish-Drainers, of 5 which This invention contemplates an improved dish drainer and has as its primary object to provide a device of thischaracter which maybe attached to any conventional type of dish pan orother similar vessel for supporting the dishes in position to drain therefrom back into the pan.- 1

-The invention has as a further object to 4 provide a device of this character employing resiliently actuated catch members-for connecting the drainer with the pan so that the drainer will be securely held in position.

And a still further object of the invention is to provide a drainer which will be simple in construction and may thus be'produced at minimum cost.

Other and incidental objects will appear as the description proceeds and in the drawings wherein I have illustrated the preferred embodiment of the invention and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several Views:

Figure 1 is a top plan View. showing my improved drainer applied to a conventional type of dish pan,

Fig.2 is a sectional view more particularly showing. the construction of the drainer, and illustrating the manner in which the drainer is connected with the pan,

Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view partly in section and illustrating the type of supporting brackets carried by the drainer for engagement with the top edge of the pan,

Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating thev type of resiliently actuated catchxmemb'er carried by the drainer for engagement with the pan,

Fig. 5 isfa sectional, view showing a slightly modified form of the invention,

Fig. 6 is a'detail perspective view partly in section and illustrating a modified form of catch member, and

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary perspective view showing a still further modification of the invention wherein the drainer is formed integral with a dish pan.

In carrying out the invention, the drainer is formed withan arcuate or semi-circular Specification of Letters Patent.

the water Patented Jan. 1, 1918.

Application filed July 27, 1916. SeriaI No. 111,713.

body 10 outwardly flared toward its free edge and provided at its inner extremity with a foraminous draining flange 11 projecting upwardly and outwardly away from the body 10 so that the drainer is, as particularly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings,

substantially V -shaped'in cross-section. The flange 11 is curved to conform to the longi tudinal curvature of the body 10 and may be integral therewith or secured to the body in any suitable manner. At its inner extremity, or adjacent the junction'o'f the said flange with the body, the flange is provided with a series of drain openings 12. The body 10 and flange 11 are flexible and preferably formed from suitable resilient sheet metalbent into desired shape. Extending downwardly from the outer side of the body 10 adjacent the-inner extremity thereof, are a plurality of circumferentially spaced supporting brackets 13. each preferably formed from a strip of suitable sheet metal bent intermediate the ends thereof to'define a substantially U-shaped foot 14: with the extremities of the strip secured in any approved manner to the body 10. Adjacent its ends, the body of the drainer is provided with clips 15 having the: working ends thereof presented down-.

The drainer thus described is formed to' fit upon a dish pan or other similar vessel, in the manner illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings. Such a pan is conventionally shown at 19 and is provided, at its free edge, with the usual flange 20. The body 10 is restedupon the flange to be sup feet 14 of which are adapted to embrace the flange 20 for holding the drainer against lateral displacement, while the hooks 16'0f "the clips 15 are engageable with the said flange, as also illustrated in Fig. 2 for firmly connecting the drainer with the pan. When so attached to the pan, it will be observed that the drain openings 12 in the drain flange 11 are supported below the peripheral edge of the pan. Dishes may accordingly be placed upon the body 10 to be supported by These brackets are ported by the brackets 13, the U-shaped vlOand is adapted to engage over the flange:

19 of the pan in the manner best shown in 1 invention and a further description thereof Copies of, this patent may be obtained for the flange 11 when the water draining from the said dishes will run 011' through the openings 12 back into the pan. I accordingly provide a very simple and eflicient. con.- struction for the purpose set forth and an arrangement wherein the. presence of the drainer upon the dish pan will not interfere with the ordinary operationof washing the dishes. Attention is also directed to the fact that by. lengthening the bight portions of the feet '14. of the brackets 13, the said feet wil'l thus bev adapted to fit over the pe ,ripheries of pans. of various diameters so that my improved drainer may thus be used in connection with dish pans of'various sizes. Furthermore, the drainer may. be flexed, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1, to adapt the drainer to different sized pans. so flexed, the-drainer will, as will be clear, yieldably engage with the pan for tightly connecting the drainer therewith.

In Figs. 5 and 6 of the'drawings, I have illustrated a slightly modified form of the invention which relates more particularly tothe construction ot-the draining flange employed as well as the type of attaching.

shown in detail in Fig. 6. It will be observed that the said clip is formed from a length of suitable resilient wirebent intermediate its ends to forma hook 22 with the extremities of the saidwire then continued to provide springs 23 normally urging the free end of the clip toward the body 10 to active position with the ends of the wire secured to thesaid' body. One of these clips is arranged adjacent each end of the body Fig. 5 .for connecting the drainer with the pan. Otherwise, this modified construction is: identical withthe preferred form of the is Iaccordingly deemed unnecessary- 'In Fig. '1 of the drawings, Iuhave illus- When trated a still further modification of the invention wherein the drainer is formed integral with the dish pan. In this modification,.the dish pan is indicated at 24 and may "be of any approved type. Upon one side of upon the drainingl flange 25'.-.When so constructed,.-.the drainer will-form an integral: part of the pan and, of course, the pan"and= drainer. may be produced .from any ap Proved material. v r .1 --i 1: Having thus described my invention,what I claim and desire to secure byLetters'Pat-v enti's: i 1. A dish drainer consisting of an 'arcuate body V-shaped in cross-section with its'inner wall Pot relatively slight extent coin-: pared with its outer wall and formed with drainage openings, the body being adapted for application to a dish pan with the base' portion of its outer or more extensive wall engagingYthe edge of the pan whereby its bight portion is disposed just within the marginal wall of the pan and substantially the entire pan is open to use, and means for supporting the body upon the pan. 2. A dishdrainer consistingoi an arcuate body V-shaped in cross-section with its in; ner-wall of rel'atively slight extent com pared" with its outer-wall, the bodylbeing; adapted for application to a dish pan with the base portion of its'fout'er or more extensive wall engaging; theedge of'ztlie pan' whereby'itsrbight' portion is disposed just within thema'rginal 'wall'offthe pan and substantially the enti re pan is open to use, the bodybeing open at its ends and resilient.

whereby it; may be sprung toeng'age the edges" of ipansot ditferent diameters, and means t'or securing the body'to the edges of such-pans. 1 2

'In'testim'ony whereof I my signature.

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